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  2. Decision fatigue - Wikipedia

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    In decision making and psychology, decision fatigue refers to the deteriorating quality of decisions made by an individual after a long session of decision making. [1] [2] It is now understood as one of the causes of irrational trade-offs in decision making. [2] Decision fatigue may also lead to consumers making poor choices with their purchases.

  3. List of disability-related terms with negative connotations

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    DALYs/DFLYs/QALYs: Disability or Quality Adjusted (or Free) Life Years: Suggests that a nondisabled person's life years are worth more than a disabled person's [26] The Disabled or Disabled people May be offensive to some, [1] [17] [22] who may prefer "person with a disability" or "people with health conditions or impairments". [7]

  4. Bollocks - Wikipedia

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    Bollocks (/ ˈ b ɒ l ə k s /) is a word of Middle English origin meaning "testicles".The word is often used in British English and Irish English in a multitude of negative ways; it most commonly appears as a noun meaning "rubbish" or "nonsense", an expletive following a minor accident or misfortune, or an adjective to describe something that is of poor quality or useless.

  5. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    legitimate, the real thing, of good quality (usually Southeastern England term, [citation needed] recently more widely popularised by Jamie Oliver, but dating back to the 19th century). From Hindi-Urdu . punch-up a fistfight puncture (n.) A flat tire on a vehicle, as in "I had a puncture on my bicycle". punnet

  6. Enshittification - Wikipedia

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    Enshittification, also known as crapification and platform decay, is the term used to describe the pattern in which online products and services decline in quality over time. Initially, vendors create high-quality offerings to attract users, then they degrade those offerings to better serve business customers, and finally degrade their services ...

  7. List of age-related terms with negative connotations - Wikipedia

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    The term is used also against people with still good mental capabilities, merely due to their age. Sheng nu: A derogatory Chinese slang term loosely translating to "leftover women", used to describe unmarried older women.(see "Spinster" below) Silver fox: A sexually-attractive or promiscuous older person. (see "cougar" above)

  8. Dysphemism - Wikipedia

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    Hugh Rawson notices in his book Wicked Words that when looking at Roget's International Thesaurus, there are "89 synonyms for drunk, compared to 16 for sober, and 206 for bad person compared to 82 for good person. The synonyms for unchastity in the Thesaurus fill 140 lines, occupying exactly four times as much space as those for chastity.

  9. Project management triangle - Wikipedia

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    The quality of work is constrained by the project's budget, deadlines and scope (features). The project manager can trade between constraints. Changes in one constraint necessitate changes in others to compensate or quality will suffer. For example, a project can be completed faster by increasing budget or cutting scope.